How well known is cyclechat outside of the cyclechat community?

[Pale Rider]

What do you think could be done about that, a change of direction, a change of moderation style. How's it been going over the road with your style of management, rocking?

But the persistent niggling all over the boards effectively caps numbers.

 

[Mugshot]

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That good huh?

 

[Mugshot]

I'm going with the general consensus of not very well known - judged on my experience.

CycleChat is relatively small, most new threads attract 20 or 30 replies and a hundred or two views before interest wanes.

As a comparison, I see that lass who posted the horse vid on Facebook has had 5.5m views and, I think, tens of thousands of comments.

The difference is night and day, and I'm guessing those sort of numbers while high even for Facebook, will be repeated from time to time.

Which cycling forums can boast numbers akin to Facebook since you seem keen to make a comparison?

 

[ColinJ]

I forgot to mention that I know quite a lot of people who DO know about CycleChat and who visit as guests, but don't want to become members. They use Facebook for organising rides.

 

[smutchin]

If there weren't contradictions all over this place then this forum would bore me very very quickly.

No it wouldn't.

 

[Mugshot]

It seems that any response that isn't 100% agreement counts as "niggling", which is all we need to know really.

Exactly this!
Trace back through the thread and have a look at who it was that started this particular line of discussion and who it was they blamed, and it's the same every single time. That's the "niggling" The continual passive aggressive posting style of some members desperately seeking a way to belittle and goad those members that they have a different view to yet who they lack the wit to engage with.

 

[I like Skol]

Someone threw a tantrum in that, nothing to do with politics or religion, it was over the weighty matter of the price of a radial.

But the persistent niggling all over the boards effectively caps numbers.

Well done for demonstrating your point so perfectly.

 

[Drago]

Just chill dudes. Peace, love and cycling.

 

[Heltor Chasca]

Wait...

...there is life outside of CC?

Well I’ll be blown.

 

[Mugshot]

Well done for demonstrating your point so perfectly.

Sorry @I like Skol your thread is being side tracked and derailed for nefarious reasons and I'm not helping.

 

[Tin Pot]

Not many people use Internet forums, full stop.

Not as many people use the internet as some would like to believe.

On a side note about social media, if you think anonymity and moderation are evil, join a Facebook group.

I joined The Ironman Journey. It was unbelievable what people would say to each other, and there’s no swear filter either.

 

[Crackle]

I must admit I don't mention CC to people, it's my dirty little secret! It's quite a thriving forum as cycling forums go, I think and is pitched just right for me. It is a community, I was forced to consider all this during my recent sojourn as a mod. I do think many of us become inured to the niggles that go on between people and in certain subjects which is something that isn't always particularly welcoming to people joining, nor understood.

I miss people when they don't post, in fact I'm wondering about the whereabouts of one member now who hasn't been on since Feb and of course many of us have met, I hope to meet more but I don't think many people in general use forums like this and since 2012, I think cycling numbers have been falling again, which affects this and other forums and shops.

 

[I like Skol]

Get your arse down here in September then...

I think you may have linked to the wrong thing there. Started the weekend early have we?

 

[Crackle]

I think you may have linked to the wrong thing there. Started the weekend early have we?

I knew what he meant, although I did read Pale Rider's post twice to make sure I hadn't missed something else.

 

[I like Skol]

Oops! Duly amended...

...and no - as I have to drive down to Salisbury this evening.

He can't do that I'm afraid, he is cycling to Scarborough so stop trying to poach my riders